The research team, led by geoarchaeologist Jaafar Jotheri, discovered an extensive system ... preserving the ancient landscape, unlike other parts of Mesopotamia where older irrigation systems ...

This left the area dry and abandoned, unlike other parts of Mesopotamia ... branch canals connecting to over 700 ancient farms. The irrigation system reveals the impressive engineering skills ...

Beneath the ruins of Eridu, archaeologists have uncovered an extensive ancient irrigation system that once sustained early Mesopotamian agriculture. This network of canals, preserved for millennia, ...

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern Mesopotamia, shedding new light on early farming practices. The research team, ...

As a result, the ancient irrigation system was preserved intact ... provide even more insight into agricultural management in Mesopotamia,” the team concluded.

Over 200 canals and 4,000 smaller channels identified in Iraq The system supplied water to farms before the first millennium B.C. A shift in the Euphrates River led to the canals becoming obsolete ...

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern Mesopotamia, shedding new light on early farming practices. The research team, ...

The researchers, including geographer Jaafar Jotheri from the University of Al-Qadisiyah, noted that the system was extensive ... The findings highlight how water availability dictated settlement ...